An pressing search is underway for an Australian man lacking within the world-famous Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe.
The 67-year-old man went lacking within the huge rainforest on Friday, in accordance with the Zimbabwe Nationwide Parks and Wildlife Administration Authority
“We now have a completely fledged group that features the police on the lookout for the vacationer. We now have deployed sniffer canines, drones and trackers on the bottom,” spokesman Tinashe Farawo advised The Related Press.
No different particulars have been launched, together with the identification.
A Division of Overseas Affairs and Commerce spokesman advised information.com.au it’s “offering consular help to the household” of the lacking Australian.
“Owing to our privateness obligations we’re unable to supply additional remark,” they stated.
Victoria Falls, house to one of many world’s pure wonders, attracts hundreds of vacationers every year.
It sits between Zambia and Zimbabwe and is understood for its majestic water curtain.
In keeping with the Victoria Falls web site, it is among the biggest points of interest in Africa and has some of the spectacular waterfalls on this planet, positioned on the Zambezi River.
It’s the fourth largest river in Africa and at 106 metres, it’s as excessive as a 35-storey constructing, 13 metres taller than the Statue of Liberty from pedestal to torch, and greater than twice as excessive as Niagara Falls.
“The noise of Victoria Falls could be heard from a distance of 40km, whereas the spray and mist from the falling water is rising to a peak of over 400 metres and could be seen from a distance of 50km,” the positioning states.
Whereas it’s a hotspot for vacationers, disappearances are understood to be uncommon within the space.
Nonetheless, circumstances much like the lacking Australian man have been recorded in different Zimbabwean parks, corresponding to Matusadona Nationwide Park, the place a German vacationer went lacking late final yr.
Regardless of it teeming with wild animals, he was discovered alive and in good well being three days after he was reported lacking in October.
